Earlier this year, it was widely reported that Immigration and Customs Enforcement was trying to get its hands on $20 million worth of electric shock gloves — discreet compliance devices designed to do exactly what it sounds like: electrocute anybody who gets in their way.
Now, it seems ICE is trying to add to the arsenal of dystopian techno-gadgetry, through the procurement of AI-integrated robot dogs.
That’s according to ABC News, which viewed a federal procurement notice showing ICE is planning to spend up to $2 million to procure a number of SPOT robots from Boston Dynamics.
Equipped with extendable arms and 360-degree cameras, the mechanical canines will supposedly help “support public safety and law enforcement operations by providing a remotely operated robotic capability for inspection, situational awareness, and hazard assessment in environments that may pose risks to personnel,” per the filing.
